Inverted Fate

In her previous life, Teng Yuyi watched her dearest kin die one after another—her mother faded away in sorrow, her grandfather was cut down by assassins, her cousin met with disaster in a bamboo grove, her aunt succumbed to illness. In the end, she too fell victim to villains, dying with hatred and plunging into the shadowed realm of the dead.

In this life, she wakes again, at the point just before tragedy strikes her family—and with a rare little jade sword now at her side. The sword spirit, Xiao Ya, says someone has extended her life. Who brought her back to the mortal world? Why do all manner of strange beings cling to her? How can she save herself and those she loves from repeating their fate?

Haunted by questions, Teng Yuyi is drawn into one uncanny case after another. To earn merit and change her destiny, she joins forces with Lin Chengyou, heir to Prince Cheng—two “sworn adversaries” who slowly “turn blades into silk”—and together they set out on a demon‑slaying journey that may be calamity… or may be fate.